Technical Death metal

kevin_de_big · 23-12-2008 12:48am #1

I don't tend to go by genres (whatever they are) when it comes to my musical inclinations and experimentations. I've come to realise, as of late however, that I'm mostly to bands of the ilk of Arsis, Decapitated, Neuraxis, The Faceless etcetera.

Anybody else into the likes of these? I adore them. I'd be up for recommendations as well lads/lassies.

mp3guy · 23-12-2008 1:50am

Necrophagist

Karl Hungus · 23-12-2008 2:18am

kevin_de_big wrote: »

Anybody else into the likes of these?

Definitely. Neuraxis are especially terrific.

As for recommendations, it might be a little too obvious, but seeing as you haven't mentioned them already, Cryptopsy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMd8BN1Xt_8

The albums None So Vile and Whisper Supremacy are a great place to start.

Another band you might like is Mithras:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhN_1fDCSUY

Absolutely love their stuff, and they've a very unique sound. Check out the album Worlds Beyond the Veil.

christophicus · 23-12-2008 2:23am

Lol, its funny, you say you like Technical Death Metal, and yet you have Neurosis in your sig ( who are amazing btw ) . I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that by any means, just strikes me as odd, I would have thought that for the most part people that like one of the genres would tend to not like the other.

Reading back what I just wrote, I see that I actually would not agree with that post were it to come from someone else :P . I suppose its just cause I quite like the whole sludge, type stuff and can't stand the technical stuff for the most part.

Just my own predgujice so to speak

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Karl Hungus · 23-12-2008 2:44am

christophicus wrote: »

Lol, its funny, you say you like Technical Death Metal, and yet you have Neurosis in your sig ( who are amazing btw ) . I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that by any means, just strikes me as odd, I would have thought that for the most part people that like one of the genres would tend to not like the other.

Reading back what I just wrote, I see that I actually would not agree with that post were it to come from someone else :P . I suppose its just cause I quite like the whole sludge, type stuff and can't stand the technical stuff for the most part.

Just my own predgujice so to speak .

It's odd, I didn't even think there was such a division with people. I like both kinds myself, bands like Neurosis and Isis. I love the furious chaotic atmosphere of the more technical bands. I'll listen to Sleep or Sunn O))) and Morbid Angel or the like, and not even think about it.

kevin_de_big · 23-12-2008 3:21am

mp3guy wrote: »

Necrophagist

I think Muhammad has said, for the past three years or so, a new album is coming out this year. I personally can't wait!

I've been meaning to check Mithras out, as coincidence would have it Karl. They're sounding great there (apart from the vocals, may be a grower though). Cheers for the heads-up. What do you make of the newest Neuraxis? I think it sounds like a different band, but not necessarily in a bad way. A vocalist's stamp will always bear a mark. Trilateral Progression is bounteous.

christophicus wrote: »

Lol, its funny, you say you like Technical Death Metal, and yet you have Neurosis in your sig ( who are amazing btw ) . I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that by any means, just strikes me as odd, I would have thought that for the most part people that like one of the genres would tend to not like the other.

Reading back what I just wrote, I see that I actually would not agree with that post were it to come from someone else :P . I suppose its just cause I quite like the whole sludge, type stuff and can't stand the technical stuff for the most part.

Just my own predgujice so to speak .

Well I do like both styles...quite a lot. It's down to personal taste though after all. I don't listen to the likes of the aforementioned bands because they can play 17,365 ± 6 notes per split-second, I just find them to be a stimulating listen. Which goes for Russian Circles, Red Sparrows, Explosions in the Sky, Neurosis and so on. They're as captivating, but in a different way. At least, that's as far as I'm concerned. I'm not one for sticking to absolutes. All for mixes of flavours.

Otis Driftwood · 23-12-2008 10:32am

Job for a Cowboy

Gojira

The Black Dahlia Murder

kevin_de_big · 23-12-2008 2:50pm

New Gojira's definitely a grower.

The Black Dahlia Murder have Ryan Knight from Arsis as their lead guitarist now. Don't quite know what to make of that.

Job for a Cowboy get a far tougher time, for whatever reason, than they deserve. I don't love them by any means, but they're far from atrocious.

Pugsley · 23-12-2008 5:06pm

Most of the great ones have been mentioned, definitely check out Mithras though, well worth your time, Necrophagist played a savage gig in Dublin a few years back too.

You should also check out Arsebreed, their 'Munching the Rotten' album is brilliant:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=55002271

+1 for sludge metal too, Russian Circles and Pelican especially.

rgt320q · 23-12-2008 6:14pm

Can't talk about tech death without mentioning Atheist. Elements is an absolutely classic album.

kevin_de_big · 23-12-2008 6:45pm

Pugsley wrote: »

Most of the great ones have been mentioned, definitely check out Mithras though, well worth your time, Necrophagist played a savage gig in Dublin a few years back too.

You should also check out Arsebreed, their 'Munching the Rotten' album is brilliant:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=55002271

+1 for sludge metal too, Russian Circles and Pelican especially.

Was that were they opened, as well as encored with Stabwound? The craic was mighty all right. Didn't see them the second time, as I opted for Red Sparrows, playing the same night as it happened.

Something, unnameable perhaps, stops me from liking Atheist. Bad taste on my part, probably.

lee_arama · 23-12-2008 7:31pm

No more Decapitated unfortunately... I'veour own posters from those gigs all over my wall here.

And Necrophagist were great the last time they played down in Cork. Thursday night show as I recall.

lee_arama · 23-12-2008 7:32pm

__________________

I do believe they'll be in Fibbers come January...

kevin_de_big · 24-12-2008 2:19pm

lee_arama wrote: »

No more Decapitated unfortunately... I'veour own posters from those gigs all over my wall here.

It's been confirmed so? Don't know quite what to think. Overall though, I think they'd be better off ending it. Can't stop listening to Planetary Duality and Aa celebration of Guilt by The Faceless and Arsis respectively. The beef is brought with these.

Morf · 24-12-2008 7:35pm

Alarum
Anata
Brain Drill
Kataklysm
Origin
Scar Symmetry

millington · 24-12-2008 11:29pm

Death or Pestilence do it for me. Job For A Cowboy are pure deathcore ****e! IMO

Alcoholocaust · 28-12-2008 12:08am

Try Blotted Science.. Ron Jarzombek's instrumental side project. VERY GOOD..

kevin_de_big · 28-12-2008 4:28am

Blotted science are great all right! Prodigious musicianship.

nacho libre · 28-12-2008 4:35am

Theory in Practice
Demilich
Gorguts
Lykathé
Nocturnus
Psycroptic

Alcoholocaust · 28-12-2008 4:49am

kevin_de_big wrote: »

Blotted science are great all right! Prodigious musicianship.

I dare ye to try figure out a time signature to some of their stuff.... It'd wreck yer head..

Pugsley · 28-12-2008 5:40am

kevin_de_big wrote: »

Was that were they opened, as well as encored with Stabwound? The craic was mighty all right.

That's the one, savage gig. Good sized crowd for the voodoo too, not too packed but enough to get a good atmosphere.

Prezatch · 28-12-2008 2:09pm

Well they haven't been mentioned but an obvious choice is Nile.

Other than that I really like Aeon. Their album Rise To Dominate is a real grower.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmlXgxrnezk

Prezatch · 28-12-2008 2:16pm

Pugsley wrote: »

Necrophagist played a savage gig in Dublin a few years back too.

I posted a video up from that gig here. October 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=515QnwpSE8Q

kevin_de_big · 29-12-2008 2:36am

JoeyD wrote: »

I posted a video up from that gig here. October 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=515QnwpSE8Q

Sound's perfect there! Good man.

Otis Driftwood · 29-12-2008 6:38pm

Best TDM band about at the moment IMO.
Beneath the Massacre.Their "Mechanics of Dysfunction" album is frickin awesome.

Morf · 29-12-2008 6:46pm

nedtheshed wrote: »

Best TDM band about at the moment IMO.
Beneath the Massacre.Their "Mechanics of Dysfunction" album is frickin awesome.

They're aren't really death metal though, i think deathcore is the applicable term I bought an album of theirs, it's quite rubbish. Technical alright but it does naff all for me.

kevin_de_big · 29-12-2008 9:43pm

Gave them (Beneath the Massacre) a listening to. There's virtually no song-craft going on. Rather, excess at every opportunity. Not my thing at all, personally speaking.

sound_wave · 20-01-2009 11:59pm

JoeyD wrote: »

I posted a video up from that gig here. October 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=515QnwpSE8Q

Anyone know the name of this song? Its pretty good.

Morf · 21-01-2009 12:09am

sound_wave wrote: »

Anyone know the name of this song? Its pretty good.

Didn't you wait until the end of the video? It's ignominious and pale from epitaph.

sound_wave · 21-01-2009 12:22am

Morf wrote: »

Didn't you wait until the end of the video? It's ignominious and pale from epitaph.

Ah yes indeed. Ha! Thanks for that!

kevin_de_big · 24-01-2009 3:23am

On a related subject, Germany's Obscura have a new album coming out shortly. Two former Necrophagist members, namely Christian and Hannes. I'm adoring what they've on the following page. Deft is all I'll say.

www.myspace.com/realmofobscura

Technical Death metal

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